Income and poverty status, labor force and work experience, educational attainment, family & household characteristics & living conditions, demographics, participation in welfare programs (child care subsidies, WIC, Child Health Insurance, Food Stamps, Job training). Child Care variables include number of children in paid care while parents work; number of children that needed non-parental care while parents worked, number of children receiving child care assistance.

CCDF Funding (Federal and State Allocations); average monthly families and children served; children served by payment method, children served by types of care, number of child care providers receiving CCDF funds, children served by reason for care, children served by age group.

Median family and household income; unemployment rate; family income distribution, population by age; number of children by age and employment status of parents; poverty status by age; and female over 16 years of age by employment status and age of own children, school enrolment (public and private) for nursery school, pre-school, kindergarten

Health, disability, & physical well-being, earned income, child care & financial support, education & employment, family & household characteristics & living conditions, Demographics, welfare reform (safety net programs - participation and eligibility). Information on child care includes: information on all child care arrangements, for all children under 15, from mothers, single fathers, or guardians, regardless of labor force status. Those with children under age 15 are asked about the type of child care arrangements, who provides the care, the number of hours of care per week, where the care is provided, and the cost of the care.

ECPP Survey (Children's participation in formal and informal nonparent care and education programs, characteristics of care arrangements, numbers of children and care providers in arrangement); SR survey (children's home literacy activities with family members, school adjustment, early school experiences); and extensive background and household information was also collected about children and their families.

Health status, heath care coverage, health care access and use, child education, child care (child care arrangements by type, number of hours per week in child care, primary child care arrangement, number of child care arrangements used each week, cost of care, number of adults at the childï¿½s care group, number of children at the childï¿½s care group, financial supportï¿½employer and governmentï¿½to pay for child care), employment and earnings, family income, welfare program participation, demographics, child and family well being.

Ten key indicators comprise an index of child well-being used to rank states: percent low birth-weight babies; infant mortality rate; child death rate; rate of teen deaths by accident, homicide, and suicide; teen birth rate; percent of children living with parents who do not have full-time, year-round employment; percent of teens who are high school dropouts; percent of teens not attending school and not working; percent of children in poverty; and percent of families with children headed by a single-parent. The Data Book also provides background information for each state, including demographic, education, health, and economic conditions.

Births to teens; births to teens who were already mothers; births to unmarried women; births to mothers with less than 12 years of education; births to mothers receiving late or no prenatal care; births to mothers who smoked during pregnancy; low-birthweight births (less than 5.5 pounds); and pre-term births (less than 37 weeks of gestation).

State and Federal policies that assist low-income families and children, including policy rules, children's age and race/ethnicity, income status, education level, family structure, and employment status of parents, income distribution, wages and employment, and housing costs and home ownership.

Average wage for ealy care and education workers, child care licensing and regulations; number of licensed child care providers, Child Care and Development Funds (CCDF) allocations; number of children and families served by CCDF; TANF transfer to CCDF, early education enrollment by program; number of children and families served by subsidies, population estimates; median income for family of four; percentage of children with working parents, poverty status by age group.